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Re: The GPS Myth, Mythbusted ?
Posted:
Jun 16, 2009 5:28 AM
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<b6d8a2f1-b2f1-4f55-afa6-37ece215925b@x31g2000prc.googlegroups.com>,
Jerry <Cephalobus_alienus@comcast.net> wrote:
> Where are you making this stuff up? You again confuse how you
> think GPS -ought- to work with how GPS -actually- works. In
> reality, GPS is the world's most accurate one-way source of
> time and frequency information. A receiver operating from a known
> fixed location can derive time with an accuracy of a few ns,
> given several hours of integration and a stable local clock.
Why do you need a stable local clock? Couldn't you count the periods of
the satellite signal and use those as your local clock?
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--Tim Smith
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